diff --git a/content/posts/burn-an-iso-to-usb-with-the-chromebook-recovery-utility/index.md b/content/posts/burn-an-iso-to-usb-with-the-chromebook-recovery-utility/index.md index 5f16135..3a97c42 100644 --- a/content/posts/burn-an-iso-to-usb-with-the-chromebook-recovery-utility/index.md +++ b/content/posts/burn-an-iso-to-usb-with-the-chromebook-recovery-utility/index.md @@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ toc: false featured: true --- -There are a number of fantastic Windows applications for creating bootable USB drives from ISO images - but those don't work on a Chromebook. Fortunately there's an easily-available tool which will do the trick: Google's own [Chromebook Recovery Utility](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromebook-recovery-utili/pocpnlppkickgojjlmhdmidojbmbodfm) app. +There are a number of fantastic Windows applications for creating bootable USB drives from ISO images - but those don't work on a Chromebook. Fortunately there's an easily-available tool which will do the trick: Google's own [Chromebook Recovery Utility](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromebook-recovery-utili/pocpnlppkickgojjlmhdmidojbmbodfm) app. -Normally that tool is used to creating bootable media to [reinstall Chrome OS on a broken Chromebook](https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1080595) (hence the name) but it also has the capability to write other arbitrary images as well. So if you find yourself needing to create a USB drive for installing ESXi on a computer in your [home lab](https://twitter.com/johndotbowdre/status/1341767090945077248) (more on that soon!) here's what you'll need to do: +Normally that tool is used to creating bootable media to [reinstall Chrome OS on a broken Chromebook](https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1080595) (hence the name) but it also has the capability to write other arbitrary images as well. So if you find yourself needing to create a USB drive for installing ESXi on a computer in your home lab (more on that soon!) here's what you'll need to do: 1. Install the [Chromebook Recovery Utility](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromebook-recovery-utili/pocpnlppkickgojjlmhdmidojbmbodfm). 2. Download the ISO you intend to use. 3. Rename the file to append `.bin` on the end, after the `.iso` bit: -![My renamed ISO for installing ESXi](uoTjgtbN1.png) +![My renamed ISO for installing ESXi](uoTjgtbN1.png) 4. Plug in the USB drive you're going to sacrifice for this effort - remember that ALL data on the drive will be erased. 5. Open the recovery utility, click on the gear icon at the top right, and select the *Use local image* option: ![The CRU menu](vdTpW9t7Q.png) diff --git a/content/posts/free-serverless-url-shortener-google-cloud-run/index.md b/content/posts/free-serverless-url-shortener-google-cloud-run/index.md index 8b0814a..9681623 100644 --- a/content/posts/free-serverless-url-shortener-google-cloud-run/index.md +++ b/content/posts/free-serverless-url-shortener-google-cloud-run/index.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ tags: title: Free serverless URL shortener on Google Cloud Run --- ### Intro -I've been [using short.io with a custom domain](https://twitter.com/johndotbowdre/status/1370125198196887556) to keep track of and share messy links for a few months now. That approach has worked very well, but it's also seriously overkill for my needs. I don't need (nor want) tracking metrics to know anything about when those links get clicked, and short.io doesn't provide an easy way to turn that off. I was casually looking for a lighter self-hosted alternative today when I stumbled upon a *serverless* alternative: **[sheets-url-shortener](https://github.com/ahmetb/sheets-url-shortener)**. This uses [Google Cloud Run](https://cloud.google.com/run/) to run an ultralight application container which receives an incoming web request, looks for the path in a Google Sheet, and redirects the client to the appropriate URL. It supports connecting with a custom domain, and should run happily within the [Cloud Run Free Tier limits](https://cloud.google.com/run/pricing). +I've been using [short.io](https://short.io) with a custom domain to keep track of and share messy links for a few months now. That approach has worked very well, but it's also seriously overkill for my needs. I don't need (nor want) tracking metrics to know anything about when those links get clicked, and short.io doesn't provide an easy way to turn that off. I was casually looking for a lighter self-hosted alternative today when I stumbled upon a *serverless* alternative: **[sheets-url-shortener](https://github.com/ahmetb/sheets-url-shortener)**. This uses [Google Cloud Run](https://cloud.google.com/run/) to run an ultralight application container which receives an incoming web request, looks for the path in a Google Sheet, and redirects the client to the appropriate URL. It supports connecting with a custom domain, and should run happily within the [Cloud Run Free Tier limits](https://cloud.google.com/run/pricing). The Github instructions were pretty straight-forward but I did have to fumble through a few additional steps to get everything up and running. Here we go: diff --git a/content/posts/joining-vms-to-active-directory-in-site-specific-ous-with-vra8/index.md b/content/posts/joining-vms-to-active-directory-in-site-specific-ous-with-vra8/index.md index 5286bfd..14cff51 100644 --- a/content/posts/joining-vms-to-active-directory-in-site-specific-ous-with-vra8/index.md +++ b/content/posts/joining-vms-to-active-directory-in-site-specific-ous-with-vra8/index.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Fortunately, vRA 8 supports adding an Active Directory integration to handle sta | `DRE` | `lab.bowre.net/LAB/DRE/Computers/Servers` | -I didn't find a lot of documentation on how make this work, though, so here's how I've implemented it in my lab (now [running vRA 8.4.2](https://twitter.com/johndotbowdre/status/1416037317052178436)). +I didn't find a lot of documentation on how make this work, though, so here's how I've implemented it in my lab (now running vRA 8.4.2). ### Adding the AD integration First things first: connecting vRA to AD. I do this by opening the Cloud Assembly interface, navigating to **Infrastructure > Connections > Integrations**, and clicking the **Add Integration** button. I'm then prompted to choose the integration type so I select the **Active Directory** one, and then I fill in the required information: a name (`Lab AD` seems appropriate), my domain controller as the LDAP host (`ldap://win01.lab.bowdre.net:389`), credentials for an account with sufficient privileges to create and delete computer objects (`lab\vra`), and finally the base DN to be used for the LDAP connection (`DC=lab,DC=bowdre,DC=net`). diff --git a/content/posts/setting-up-linux-on-a-new-lenovo-chromebook-duet-bonus-arm64-complications/index.md b/content/posts/setting-up-linux-on-a-new-lenovo-chromebook-duet-bonus-arm64-complications/index.md index baea11a..7c62d7a 100644 --- a/content/posts/setting-up-linux-on-a-new-lenovo-chromebook-duet-bonus-arm64-complications/index.md +++ b/content/posts/setting-up-linux-on-a-new-lenovo-chromebook-duet-bonus-arm64-complications/index.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ title: Setting up Linux on a new Lenovo Chromebook Duet (bonus arm64 complicatio featured: false --- -I've [written in the past](/3d-modeling-and-printing-on-chrome-os) about the Linux setup I've been using on my Pixel Slate. My Slate's keyboard stopped working over the weekend, though, and there don't seem to be any replacements (either Google or Brydge) to be found. And then I saw that [Walmart had the 64GB Lenovo Chromebook Duet temporarily marked down](https://twitter.com/johndotbowdre/status/1320733614426988544) to a mere $200 - just slightly more than the Slate's *keyboard* originally cost. So I jumped on that deal, and the little Chromeblet showed up today. +I've [written in the past](/3d-modeling-and-printing-on-chrome-os) about the Linux setup I've been using on my Pixel Slate. My Slate's keyboard stopped working over the weekend, though, and there don't seem to be any replacements (either Google or Brydge) to be found. And then I saw that Walmart had the 64GB Lenovo Chromebook Duet temporarily marked down to a mere $200 - just slightly more than the Slate's *keyboard* originally cost. So I jumped on that deal, and the little Chromeblet showed up today. ![Aww, it's so cute!](kULHPeDuc.jpeg) @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Once you connect the phone to Linux, check the phone to approve the debugging co ### Microsoft PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI *[Updated 5/20/2021 with Microsoft's newer instructions]* -I'm working on setting up a [VMware homelab on an Intel NUC 9](https://twitter.com/johndotbowdre/status/1317558182936563714) so being able to automate things with PowerCLI will be handy. +I'm working on setting up a VMware homelab on an Intel NUC 9 so being able to automate things with PowerCLI will be handy. PowerShell for ARM is still in an early stage so while [it is supported](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-core-on-linux?view=powershell-7.2#support-for-arm-processors) it must be installed manually. Microsoft has instructions for installing PowerShell from binary archives [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-core-on-linux?view=powershell-7.2#linux), and I grabbed the latest `-linux-arm64.tar.gz` release I could find [here](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases). ```shell